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Silly little things to make life better...

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Arlanymor · 02/06/2026 21:05

... so not hugely necessary. But say you eat a pizza at a restaurant and you can't quite finish it all. Rather than a full-sized pizza box, can you please give me a half-sized one that I can fit in my handbag please?*

*only applies to more mainstream restaurants, I know that kebab/chicken places will jam anything into a small polystyrene/single use plastic container.

Just a little thing to make the world turn more easily. Also although I get the kids' menu and the discount, can we all please order smaller portions if we wish? Ta!

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Jesus Fuck... Top Tip....if you use a straw you can suck every last molecule of humour out of anything....

Crucible · 03/06/2026 08:07

I'd like a magnetic car roof aerial. It doesn't have to be functional. My last car had one, to which I added a bobblehead. I could find it easily in car parks. My newer model has a shark fin and I can't add a bobble. I don't want anything that might damage the paintwork. It seems an impossible task. My car is incredibly common, and black. I spend so long looking for it in car parks.

JustAnUdea · 03/06/2026 08:06

My teenager eould like to be able to order smaller portions. She hates massive plates of food. She managed just over half a pizza last night in a restaurant. Her dad, uncle and and grandfather helped.

Katemax82 · 03/06/2026 08:06

DoYouSellBuckets · 03/06/2026 06:47

I get that it would make things easier budget-wise, but I love the payday now and again where you don't have to pay rent/mortgage out of it! 13 paydays a year but 12 sets of bills feels amazing.

Before someone calls me on my privilege, yes, the feeling is an illusion and the extra pay gets spent on bills over time, but for that month, I feel baller and I like it 😂

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Yes you are right about a bill free 13th payday!

B1anche · 03/06/2026 08:06

Rain only at set times. Preferably not during the school run.

Hmmmmwineandchocs · 03/06/2026 08:03

Imanexcellentdrivercharliebabbit · 02/06/2026 22:40

Kids Portions of everything on the adult menu
Rather than the usual crappy boring kids menu of beige shite and tomato pasta

Yes to this! My daughter is 9 and gets so fed up of always being offered chicken nuggets or sausage etc, she’d love our meals. We were away recently and she just ordered fries then shared my husband’s salmon noodle bowl and my steak pie, think we’ll keep doing this if future.
Also The Lounge do a decent kids menu if you find one: https://thelounges.co.uk/

Lounge UK | All-Day Neighbourhood Cafès & Bars

Discover Lounge – the UK's favourite café bars. From brunch to cocktails, enjoy a warm welcome and a menu packed with community spirit.

https://thelounges.co.uk/

chickenss · 03/06/2026 08:02

JustAnUdea · 03/06/2026 07:54

Id like to buy replacement parts for small things. Fir example we have a perfectly functioning teapot without a lid right now. We would like to just get a lid...

Same. Keep checking eBay in case someone has posted just a lid that goes with my teapot…

My thing is Royal Mail lockers - I think they are doing them now but not quite near me. I want them closer and to work exactly like InPost lockers, as I hate going into the nearest post office because of the man that works there.

Katemax82 · 03/06/2026 08:01

MinnieMountain · 03/06/2026 05:33

That's okay @Katemax82 , I'll have your prawn cocktail ones.

Espresso is always £1.20 (ish) like in Italy.

I'll raise you... Worcester sauce crisps!

SapphireSeptember · 03/06/2026 08:00

For Holo Taco to get a UK stockist. I usually buy enough to get free shipping, (it's about $20, whatever that is when it's converted to £s) and then I have to pay tax on top. Then it takes a week for my parcel to arrive. I wish I could just order it off a UK website like I can with Orly.

Bedroomdilemmas113 · 03/06/2026 07:57

SadTimesInFife · 02/06/2026 22:37

More fluffy cats and pomeranians! 😍

The world does not need more yappy pomeranians. They should forever remain as a silent but cute cartoon.

From a Pomeranian owner who needs ear defenders most of the day!

Sunshineandgrapefruit · 03/06/2026 07:57

Poached eggs. Why the insistence on cooking them with runny whites. It's not hard to cook them perfectly so the yolk is runny and whites hard. Yet most establishments mess it up so I now rarely order them out. Which is a shame.

Lifestooshort71 · 03/06/2026 07:55

I understand that banks are closed on bank holidays but why, when everything is automated, do automatic payments not go out until the next day?

JustAnUdea · 03/06/2026 07:54

Id like to buy replacement parts for small things. Fir example we have a perfectly functioning teapot without a lid right now. We would like to just get a lid...

JaneBirkinstock · 03/06/2026 07:53

Fairly sure that they end up scalding the milk in things like lattes etc. Also, coffee shouldn't be made with boiling water

Nope. I always have a latte and a competent batista can make a not lukewarm coffee without ruining the taste.

Catwalking · 03/06/2026 07:48

Thetreesaregreeninspring · 02/06/2026 21:57

@Lmnop22 Silly things that make my life better, posters not being sanctimonious arses on MN.
Stop it!

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dizzydizzydizzy · 03/06/2026 07:47

B0D · 02/06/2026 22:52

I would also like size 8 shoes to be EITHER a 41 or 42 , not both

Also make size 9 shoes in pretty colours and styles. Don’t assume that those of us with big feet only want black and brown and the basic style.

PrimeSeason · 03/06/2026 07:47

Bertiebiscuit · 02/06/2026 23:20

Friendly dogs on the tube always make my day, one actually leant on my legs for the whole of my journey once, it was absolute bliss

I had a cheery little chap jump
up and sit on my knee the other day! His mother was mortified - I was delighted!

I love a dog on the tube - makes my day

FlatCatYellowMat · 03/06/2026 07:42

IslandsAround · 03/06/2026 07:34

I have so many questions 🤣

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Me too! What is the reason for the short spoon? Don't you just use a normal spoon, but not stick it all the way in??

StasisMom · 03/06/2026 07:42

StinkerTroll · 02/06/2026 23:06

This isn't such a little thing (literally!), pretty shoes size 9+ please would make me really happy! I wouldn't wear them very often as I'm a comfy shoe kind of a girl but they would make me absurdly happy when I did!

I noticed that ASOS generally do up to a 10.

Thatsalineallright · 03/06/2026 07:42

Sux2buthen · 02/06/2026 22:28

Slightly more crisps in multipack bags.
some kind of fastening to stop duvets sliding in their cover.

Some covers come with strings sewn into all four corners. You then tie the strings around each corner of the duvet as you're putting on the cover. It works pretty well. You could retrofit your existing covers very easily if you're any good at sewing.

Paradoes · 03/06/2026 07:39

I get paid fortnightly and I love it as twice a year we fet three pay checks in the month. It feels more manageable that my old monthly payment.

IslandsAround · 03/06/2026 07:34

MsGreying · 02/06/2026 22:18

A short spoon for the coffee when the jar is very full.
Saw one this week.
Someone I know has one that a mutual friend's dead husband made for her.

I have so many questions 🤣

FlowerSticker · 03/06/2026 07:31

Avie29 · 03/06/2026 07:29

If baby wipes/wet wipes actually came out one at a time, hate it when you pull a wipe out and they all come out like a long string and you shake it to try break them up but they don’t so you have to release the sqirming baby to pull them apart at which point baby quickly starts streaking up the hallway and you have to will your poor creaky knees to get up and chase them down 😂.

I solved this problem by using flannels 😂

Wet wipes were the biggest pain for changing nappies! I use them now DD is 6 for fave wiping etc on the go.

ThejoyofNC · 03/06/2026 07:31

Avie29 · 03/06/2026 07:29

If baby wipes/wet wipes actually came out one at a time, hate it when you pull a wipe out and they all come out like a long string and you shake it to try break them up but they don’t so you have to release the sqirming baby to pull them apart at which point baby quickly starts streaking up the hallway and you have to will your poor creaky knees to get up and chase them down 😂.

Rascals wipes, you're welcome!

FlowerSticker · 03/06/2026 07:30

Upstartled · 03/06/2026 07:14

Having a thermostatic bath tap that you can programme with the volume of water that you want dispensed and then turns itself off. If I'm being fussy, there might be a timer option and a remote option so I could either tell it to run me a bath for say, 6pm on a Friday or so I could just tell it to start running before I get home, like my hive heating app.

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Same for showers. Have up to 6/8 preprogrammed heights/temp/flows etc

Ill press my button, and the shower head will lower, head will turn to correct hole arrangement, and temperature just right for me (DH is tall, likes collecting "power" showers, I prefer warmer gentler)

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